Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

I swear to God I am never going to lose any weight! It seems all I do is eat out. But that is the very nature of living in a busy city and socializing. This week I went to two dinners after work. The first was to catch up with my old roomie, Caroline and our old friend, Toby. We met at Mike and Anne's in South Pasadena. I had never been there before the but besides having good food the place had plenty of outdoor seating so Moses was able to come to dinner. I really like being able to bring my "son" with me. In talking with Caroline, it would seem she has quite a few people in her life getting married. The two that I knew were Sarah and Cindy. Sarah, whom I know through Caroline and Cindy's game nights got engaged over the holiday and is getting married next month (her brother is going overseas) and then our friend and fellow Vegas lady, Cindy was engaged over President's Day Weekend. I refrained from asking her when she was getting married, as it...

I can hardly believe it was only 4 years ago, that I was with my family and friends in Maui celebrating my wedding to the most amazing man who ever walked the earth! Seems just like yesterday. But that is the thing with time it never stops. It just keeps on going and going. Since hubby has to work on our actual day of wedded bliss (today the 13th), we celebrated our anniversary at Disneyland yesterday. I know, shocker. My friend is a member of Club 33. He has been very nice over the years to hook me up with entry. Hubby and I were trying to figure out how many times we have been during the car ride to Anaheim. Here is the list we came up with: First: Caroline, Mike, hubby & I - occassion Caroline's Birthday - 2004 - Dinner Second: Caroline, Mike, Toby, Jon, Jung, hubby and I - Caroline's birthday 2005 - Dinner Third: Matt, Judith, hubby & I - Judith's Welcome to America 2006 - Dinner Fourth: Mom, Dad, hubby, & I - 2007 (...

After a really long and busy week at work, I left the office at 5pm to drive to Orange County to go to my first Disney Vinylmation Trade Event at Downtown Disney. It took an hour and a half in the car but I got there in front of the store at 8pm. The event ended at 9pm so for a while there I was thinking I had driven to the OC for nothing but alas I arrived (hubby was coming behind me in his own car) and I had no idea what to do. So I started talking to people. Traders had all their extras beautifully displayed in little plastic bags. Mine were all jumbled inside a big canvas bag. The first lady I talked too basically wouldn't trade anything. Well, it was hard to trade with her because she had everything so there wasn't anything I had she could trade. She was basically looking for some really rare stuff. So I moved down the line and ended up talking to the guy who set up the event. I traded 3 vinyls for a Woody and another chaser. I kept moving down the line...

Disney announced that they were making Vinylmations of Afternoon Classics such as Tail Spin, Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, etc. Instead of coming in a set of 12, Disney is selling them in sets of 2 with limited editions of 1000 each. Well, we heard that Tail Spin was going to be released online on March 2 so we stayed up until 12:30am on he evening of March 1st, as that is the time Disney updates the stock at Disneystore.com, hoping to get a set. Apparently people all over the US were waiting according to the forums on vinylmation.net which hubby is a member of. I am just glad I wasn't the guy in Florida waiting at 3:30am!! Anyhow, for some reason the site never listed the product and people were pissed. The next day we all found out that Disney had originally advertised them at $24.95 a set and wanted to get an extra $2 bucks out of the deal and spent all night updating the internet. The new price when they finally listed the product at around 11am Pacific time on March 2 ...

Disney Vinylmation is so big, they even have it Hong Kong! Disneyland Hong Kong does have some vinyls that the US does not. Below are the 3 pictures. We just so happen to have a friend, Toby, who knows a couple of people in Hong Kong, who are getting us these vinyls. And I just so happen to have a shipping company at work with an office in Hong Kong and they will be shipping my vinyls back for me at a discount. I love the worldwide networking web!!!! Anyhow, in a month we will be proud owners of these three Disneyland exclusives!

LOLLIPOP!!! I wish. King's Speech won the best picture Oscar for 2011. I am so happy as it was my favorite film of the year. Hubby and I made it over to the crazy busy West Hollywood for my company Oscar party at BLT Steak. Along the way we pasted huge crowds and the Vanity Fair Party. We had a great time at our party. My studio set up a really nice affair. The food was awesome and the drinks even better. We arrived at 5pm and stayed till about 10:30pm. Mingled with coworkers and met the restaurant owner. We will have to go back to eat there on a regular night as the steak was delicious!

Last night hubby and I decided it was time for date night. Our destination, Los Feliz. We checked out Palermo's an old favorite of mine for some Italian. While we were having a Lady and a Tramp moment this crazy Accordion guy came over and sang us the cheesiest love song ever. It was so funny. We shared a large plate of spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and salad. After dinner we bought tickets at Los Feliz 3 and watched Blue Valentine in the tiniest theatre and tiniest movie screen known to mankind. It was so tiny it could have been a 60 inch TV is somebody's home!! After the movie we walked over to the House of Pies and had some yummy dessert. Hubby of course ordered the best thing, Chocolate Peanut Butter Butterscotch pie. It was so delicious. A really fun evening.

I can't wait!! It's almost time for the 83rd Annual Acadamy Awards!! This show is what all movie people live for. The dresses, the shoes, the jewelery, the awards, the speeches, the long ass show, oh yeah and the snacks! I can't even tell you how many times I have imagined accepting an Oscar in my head and the various speeches I have written. hehehe This Sunday, hubby and I will be going to an Oscar Viewing Party that my studio is throwing at the popular WeHo restaurant, BLD Steak. I have been invited the last few years but never been able to go due to other commitments. So I am excited I can go this year and now, all the sudden, I need to find a cocktail dress so that I can smooze with my Hollywood colleagues and hopefully, watch my studio take home some awards for TRUE GRIT (up for 10 nominations) and THE FIGHTER (up for seven nominations). If one of our movies doesn't win then I really hope the best picture Oscar goes to THE KING'S SPEECH which is my ...

So hubby and I have mainly focused our Vinylmation collecting to 3" vinyls but there have been a few 9" ones that have caught our attention. Hubby "broke the seal" and bought a "Day of the Dead" 9" set (and by set, it means it comes with one 9" figure and one 3" figure) and last night, I received my first 9" set from the Disney Store, the "Mad Hatter and Door Mouse" set. Here is a picture of my latest treasure that is going with all my other Alice in Wonderland stuff.

Question: We have like 50 presidents, how come we don't have a President's Day every month???? Or at least a day off every month? Anyhoo, my President's Day has been spent as follows: 1. Slept in 2. Walked Moses 3. Ate Cereal 4. Showered 5. Went to Mall 6. Bought 2 vinyls (I shouldn't have) 7. Bought stuff at Target 8. Bought 6 pairs of shoes at Nordstroms (thanks gift certificates) 9. Had a bowl of noodles 10. Ate too many mini Cadbury eggs 11. Went to the dog park 12. Walked around Silver Lake 13. Ate too many Cadbury eggs 14. Blogged 15. Napped 16. Watched movie 17. Not sure its only 4pm